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“The only real failure in life is not to be true to the best one knows.”
— Buddha
“The mind, once stretched by a new idea, never returns to its original dimensions.”
— Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr.
“Life is not an exact science, it is an art.”
— Samuel Butler
“Before you can see the Light, you have to deal with the darkness.”
— Dan Millman
“If you wait until you see the robin, spring will be over.”
— Warren Buffett
“To have that sense of one’s intrinsic worth which constitutes self-respect is potentially to have everything.”
— Joan Didion
“Permanence, perseverance and persistence in spite of all obstacles, discouragements, and impossibilities: It is this, that in all things distinguishes the strong soul from the weak.”
— Thomas Carlyle
“Friendship is born at that moment when one person says to another: 'What! You too? I thought I was the only one.'”
— C.S. Lewis
“Optimism is the one quality more associated with success and happiness than any other.”
— Brian Tracy
“You can always tell someone to go to Hell tomorrow.”
— Charlie Munger
“A diplomat is a man who always remembers a woman's birthday but never remembers her age.”
— Robert Frost
“The art challenges the technology, and the technology inspires the art.”
— John Lasseter
“The beautiful thing about learning is that no one can take it away from you.”
— B.B. King
“A generation which ignores history has no past and no future.”
— Robert A. Heinlein
“Ambition is a dream with a V8 engine.”
— Elvis Presley
“The more you are motivated by Love, The more Fearless & Free your action will be.”
— Dalai Lama
“Folks are usually about as happy as they make their minds up to be.”
— Abraham Lincoln
“Life reflects your own thoughts back to you.”
— Napoleon Hill
“The smallest act of kindness is worth more than the grandest intention.”
— Oscar Wilde
“I discovered a long time ago that if I helped enough people get what they wanted, I would always get what I wanted and I would never have to worry.”
— Tony Robbins
“If it's not broken, tinker with it till you find out how it works.”
— Bob Proctor
“Assumptions are the termites of relationships.”
— Henry Winkler
“Music gives a soul to the universe, wings to the mind, flight to the imagination and life to everything.”
— Plato
“The most efficient way of rendering the poor harmless is to teach them to want to imitate the rich.”
— Carlos Ruiz Zafon

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